La Relacin

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La Relación

• Álvar Núñez Cabaza de Vaca

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The Landing of Columbus at San Salvador October
12, 1492
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Reporting the News

• Many historical narratives were survivors tales,
  gripping adventure stories written down in
  journals and letters by explorers
• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, a Spanish explorer,
  wrote La Relacion, a report to the King of
  Spain
• Note the details he uses in the following
  passage

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From La Relacionby Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

• When night fell, only the navigator and I
  remained able to tend the barge. Two hours after
  dark he told me I must take over he believed he
  was going to die that night.

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Literary Terms

• Audience The person or persons intended to read
  a piece of writing
• A writers sense of audience can determine the
  content, format, and organization of the writing
• Cabaza de Vaca wrote to a specific audience The
  King of Spain
• Text Organizers Aids that help emphasize,
  clarify, or structure ideas in a piece of writing
• La Relación uses italicized sections for
  background information, and boldfaced headings to
  organize the report, break it down into topics
  and announce what the section will be about.

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Study Sheet for La Relación (pp.72-78) Front
Back

• Literary Terms
• Write the literary terms on page 72
• and their definitions
• Audience
• Text Organizers
• Readers Notebook (see p.72)
• As you read, turn each bold faced heading
• into a question. Then take notes, searching
• for key details that answer the question
• and jotting them down.
• Example
• How many barges were there, what were they,
• and which ones sank and which ones landed?

Answer the following questions using the P.I.E.
format (Point, Information, Explanation) Think
Critically (p.78) 4 5 6 Extend
Interpretations 7 Create two extended
examples (Point, Information, Explanation,
Transition Word, Point, Information,
Explanation)
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Vocabulary

• Succumb (verb) to give up or give in yield
• I tried to keep my hopes up, but eventually I
  succumbed to the loneliness.
• I predict that Frank will succumb to the other
  mans superior skills in the boxing match.